On this episode of DTB’s “Bus Invaders”, we take you inside the touring vehicle of the punk band, Panic Shack, while at Riot Fest 2026. Panic Shack is currently supporting their debut album, Panic Shack.
VIDEO INFO: Film Date - September 18, 2026 Location - Douglass Park in Chicago, IL
VIDEO SUMMARY: 00:00 Introduction 00:36 Skip Intro 01:08 Driver's Area 02:14 Middle of the Van 06:56 Back of the Van
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Whose arse is that then?
That's mine.
Woo!
Where's my tattoo?
Had that when I was 15.
Everyone has been wearing it like
this on their head and I think it looks cool.
It's quite regal.
Very
regal.
Hey Bus Invaders!
I'm Sarah from Panic Shack.
The rest of the girls are in the van.
We're at Riot Fest.
Shall we go and check out our ******* van?
Sorry but I'm not going to swear.
I'm going to get in.
There's one of our brand new vinyls right here for you.
Panic Shack by Panic Shack.
Wow, what was that doing there?
Oh, me?
Hey, how's it going girls?
So this is Meg. She's driving us today.
She's a guitarist usually.
that's me i actually don't have a driving license
and neither does sarah but no i think i could give
it a really good go do it let's go i don't even know where
the keys would go the meg's not usually
driving we have two drivers on tour with us
but nelson is over there hard at work as always
He's on TM, we've got Ari who's just on merch and drives.
and this tour our drummer nick
who is also absent right now he likes to drive and he's
Whoever is driving puts on the music.
Yeah, that's the rule.
They're driving, it's up to them.
It's a bit of everything.
We sometimes join in and add a few cheeky songs.
Nick loves his, what's this called?
Five Gum.
Five Gum.
He's got three left.
Should we eat them all?
No, you won't.
I won't eat them.
Ziggys.
Ziggys.
Well, Cece's in the back.
There's some American spirit down there.
There's always one of these knocking about.
I always pass my vape to the drivers, which you might see in a minute.
She's in the back.
See you, Meg.
See you.
All right.
You want to see the disaster back here?
Whoa.
It's Romy and Emily.
Hi.
What's going on, girls?
What do you do?
Just timid.
In life or just in the band?
Both.
I'm a guitarist most of the time.
Yeah.
This is usually my spot.
I've been sat here a lot on this tour.
Nice hat.
Thank you.
This is actually Ari's neck pillow,
but everyone has been wearing it like this on their head,
and I think it looks cool.
It's quite regal.
Very regal.
It's quite nice.
Okay, we'll show you how we mix it up. We mix it up.
We like to keep it fresh. Three in the front,
two in the back, these two are done.
It's a lot of personal enrichment time going on.
We sing at the end of a show
when it's like late at night we tend to have a
little karaoke session,
which I'm sure isn't the funnest for our drivers but
they like it.
We've got a load of drinks we like to take all our rider so we got
some Bud Light today, we've got some home from home,
a bit of Stella, a bit of Stella.
Water's integral as well.
Tampons, because we are galley girls.
Nick, our drummer, loves a Powerade,
as you can see, has drank a lot of that.
And jerky, loves jerky as well.
So is a vegan.
A vegan.
We went to Whole Foods yesterday,
and I was kind of bored, and I gave them healthy snacks.
Yeah, actually, we spent so much money at Whole Foods.
We spent like, *******, 30, no, 20 quid on a salad.
20 dollars!
In the UK, you buy a salad in a salad bar in a supermarket,
you just fill it up to the brim
and get as much as you can in for like a certain price.
So we all did that. We got to the thing,
it was weighted, so we were like, oh!
£25 for a salad.
I ate all our ******* salad.
I ate it all.
You need to get your vegetables in.
You've got to get your fiber day in.
What's in the back there?
There's another little something over there.
Are you talking about this bit?
That. Oh, look at that.
How the **** did this happen?
We just can't help ourselves, can we?
Whose arse is that then?
That's mine. Where's my tattoo?
I had that when I was 15.
I don't know.
Hey, what about our bags?
I've got some of them I have to show you first.
Ah, I know what. An honourable mention.
Onto a...
I actually don't know.
You do know.
Oh, propranolol.
For our panic attacks.
Panic attack!
Keeping the crew in check.
We've only brought minimal supplies.
We're trying not to panic too much.
Panic Shack, you know, we're Panic Shack.
This is really special if you want to see what's inside this.
It stinks though.
Don't smell it.
Smell-o-vision.
Luckily it's not Smell-o-vision yet.
Actually, are you scared of bugs?
I don't want to jump scare you.
I'm gonna show you anyway.
I'm gonna show you anyway.
This one smells of cheese.
This one stinks.
No, don't smell it.
How do you smell it?
It stinks.
Sorry.
It stinks.
And this one we've got today.
Look at him.
Aww.
He's so cute.
Oh, Emily.
Make a kiss.
That's a new hobby that Emily's had.
This is my bugs.
That was from Dallas, that bug.
Do you want to smell it?
Okay.
You don't want to smell it.
After our reactions.
Something else is smelly in the van, actually.
Oh, yeah.
Let's grab that.
in the van actually.
Oh yeah.
Let's grab that.
Do you know what's funny is I thought the van was really clean
and this was going to be bad.
So these are actually our running clothes, our gym and running clothes.
What?
We ran, when did we run last?
Oh God, they're probably scared.
There might be some pants in here.
Oh, that's Fausti.
When did we run last?
Oh God, about four minutes ago.
Yeah.
What city?
Er, I don't know.
it was hot. Houston?
Dallas was the first day. anyway we weren't in this area of the
country at all and this bag has held on to them,
it's meant to wash them.
yeah we obviously couldn't put it back up since it's been so long.
yeah have a look in there.
we'll put it in the bag then we'll wash them
and they'll be in there anyway.
woah no don't cough it around. it's worse than the bug.
this is my little fuggler, my little friend. he's got a burnt arsehole.
Sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Okay, let's head to the back.
Okay.
Oh!
Would you look at that?
We've got one of our debut albums from Panic Shack by Panic Shack.
My ass again.
Anyway, let's move that.
Don't put that in.
It's Nick's cymbals.
They'll be fine.
That's what the case is for, right?
Okay.
It's a bit boring back here, to be fair.
Just a very tight space for all of our ----.
Actually, Nick has been doing it a lot.
Our drummer.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
He's been really getting into it.
He's good.
We were like TM-less for like the first four days
so I think he took on the responsibility
of packing the van and do you know what,
I'm totally fine with that because I can't be arsed.
I'm not very good at it either.
It's all about gorgeousness.
Right.
We get loose, we get leery, we get wild.
I got loose at the Panic Shack show.
Oh yeah.
We all did.
Patches.
So these are all like homemade patches that...
They just gave to us.
They're amazing, incredible, they just gave us them to sell.
Yeah.
So cool.
Shout out to you.
So the other day, we were driving, and our tire blew,
and we changed it ourselves on the side of the road.
We were going 70 miles an hour, and the tire blew.
Emily and Nick and Nelson got the spare tire out, jacked it up.
We'll show you, we'll send you a photo of it.
Oh, sorry.
Let me just say now, we were on the hard shoulder of the Northway,
the lorries were going the furthest far away from our heads.
It was scary.
So if anyone needs a tyre change, look at that,
they're really blue, can you see it?
Yeah, yeah, it was wild.
But yeah, we're Panic Shack, follow us on Instagram,
we're on TikTok, we're doing a little dance.
We've got a debut album, we recently had a KEXP session,
which was amazing, so yeah, go find us, go check us out.
Or come watch us at the show!
Live is best, we sound better live.
I don't smell better live, but we sound better.
All right.